3 people are dead and 4 hospitalized after a 'party or event' on the south side of Pittsburgh, police say.
Three people are dead and four were hospitalized after a"party or event" on the south side of Pittsburgh, according to police.Police are looking for a party or event which may have distributed orange paper wrist bands. All seven victims were wearing orange paper wrist bands when they were found by police, according to a police report. The deaths and hospitalizations are being considered a drug-related overdose, according to press release.
Police said the seven victims had been at a venue together and then went to an apartment where"they apparently overdosed on drugs. The victims all took the narcotics at the same time and in the same location," police said in a statement. Five victims were found in one apartment and another victim was found in an elevator outside the apartment.
An additional victim was located on the street. All of the victims are men, according to local news stationThree of the four men who were hospitalized are in stable condition, police said. One is in critical condition.
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